The Nerthus Project Research Group (Department of Modern Languages, University of La Rioja) invites the submission of papers on substantial, original, and unpublished research to the 2014 International Symposium on Verbs, Clauses and Constructions, which will be held on October 22-24th, 2014 at the University of La Rioja. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Layered models of clause structure

The interaction of verbal projections and verbal constructions

Verbal constructions

The syntax of clauses and sentences

Alternations vs. constructions

Linking and interfaces

Inflection and derivation

Events vs. states of affairs and predications

Verbs at the representational and interpersonal level

Verbal typologies

Verbs and nouns

Nominalizations

Cross-linguistic variation of verbal constructions

Head marking and dependent marking

Diatopic, diachronic and textual variation

Morpho-syntactic and semantic change

Usage-based approaches to the development of structure

The role of constructions in grammaticalization

The functional motivation of structural development

RGFGs, Nerthus Project
Department of Modern Languages, University of La Rioja.